Editors' Review

Computers are excellent labor-saving devices, particular for chores as mundane as printing envelopes and labels. Label Maker Pro streamlines many of these basic office tasks, allowing users to draw information from a database or an Excel Workbook to print badges, mailing envelopes, or letters for thousands of people in a matter of minutes. The software comes with a number of commonly used templates, which can be customized by moving and adding graphical elements. New designs can be saved as templates for later reuse. We would have liked to see a little more variety in the graphics tools and ready-made graphic elements provided, however. Similarly, we stumbled over a few minor design quirks, such as the inability to link a template's existing text box to a database field. Nevertheless, Label Maker Pro's solid features make it an affordable and generally hassle-free option for business users.

It's a pretty decent mail-merge/db-merge label maker for mass-mailings, and the one-time price to OWN a license to the software, rather than paying a monthly subscription, is very appealing if you are a small business and do a lot of mailing.

Cons

There's a steep learning curve because the interface hasn't change in the 15 or so years I've used this software, and there's lots of easier tools to use out on the market now, although most of them are web-based and those can come with their own frustrations, like when there's heavy load on either their server or your connection.

It would take an ENORMOUS amount of learning and effort to make really slick professional labels, because the interface is so clunky. There's tons of tiny icons across the top and sides, and the only way to figure them out is by the hover-over tips.

Summary

Don't waste your time as an individual user, but if you are a small business and can afford to get someone in the office to spend the time learning how to use this software it could be a real time and effort saver.

very out-dated look to the software. looks like it was made with windows 95 leaves "trial version" on everything you make with it unless you are smart enough to save it as an image file then open it with paint and remove it that way. very limited software takes a longtime to download on h.s. internet connection.

Summary

If you want a good reliable print software, without ad-ware, malware or spyware, go down to your local computer store or wal-mart and buy one. CNET has lowered their standards greatly over the years and cannot be trusted. After I downloaded the program, I spent about an hour removing all the little bot programs that was in stalled with it. If you are looking for vivid usable software, this is not your huckleberry

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